Fire broke out on the front landing gear of a Saudia plane in Pakistan, prompting passengers to evacuate using slides.
Passengers have been evacuated using emergency slides after #Saudia plane’s landing gear caught fire in #Pakistan’s Peshawar. All the 276 passengers and 21 crew onboard are safe, according to Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority.
Read more: https://t.co/uDrmo5Etj2 pic.twitter.com/BicCcidalA— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 11, 2024
The incident occurred on an aircraft that had flown passengers from Riyadh to Peshawar, Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement on Thursday.
The incident occurred on an aircraft that had flown passengers from Riyadh to Peshawar. (X)
All 276 passengers and 21 crew were safely evacuated and fire services quickly extinguished the fire and prevented a major incident, according to the statement.
The aircraft, a seven-year-old Airbus A330-300, is now undergoing comprehensive inspections and subsequent tests to ensure its safety, Saudia said in response to questions from Bloomberg.
Source: Al Arabiya
